Epidemiological aspects of ageing

Epidemiological, mechanistic and genetic aspects of vascular ageing and arterial stiffness in the population

Molecular Identification and Epidemiological Aspects of Dermatophytosis in Tehran, Iran

Background: Dermatophytes are the most common fungal agents causing superficial skin infections in worldwide. Species identification of these fungi is important for therapeutic and epidemiological apects. The purpose of this study was identification and epidemiology of dermatophytosis in patients referring to medical mycology laboratory of Razi hospital in Tehran, during 2014. Materials and Me...

Older people and 'active ageing': Subjective aspects of ageing actively.

Following a critical overview of the active ageing concept, a thematic decomposition of 42 transcribed interviews with British people aged 72 years and over indicates that active ageing is understood in relation to physical, cognitive, psychological and social factors, but that these co-exist in complex combinations. The notion of activity in active ageing is grasped in relation to an active/pa...

Epidemiological aspects and prognosis

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an increasingly common gastroenterological disease. Most cases are mild and self-limiting, although 10-20% of patients suffer a more severe disease course, associated with organ failure and complications. It is not fully elucidated, why and in which patients, severe AP develops, or what factors impact the natural history of AP. The aims of the papers included in this ...

Induced abortion: epidemiological aspects.

Sir Dugald Baird sketches the history of abortion legislation in Great Britain from the beginning of the century. In his views the 1967 Abortion Act has been one of the most important and beneficial pieces of social legislation enacted in Britain in the last 100 years. It has, however, brought problems both of administration in the hospitals and to individual doctors and nurses, particularly wh...